...better as time goes by...

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Feeling better as time goes by

Or, as the toxins go bye-by.  I’m in week two sans Sutent and generally feel better.  The only time I had a week three without some chemo was the week of my retirement party, when I wanted to be less toxic than usual.  Now we are aiming for two months.

This is the second time that the docs have decided that the side-effects (negative) outweigh the benefits.  I think we are waiting for palpable cancer symptoms, and after that, well, I won’t go there now.

I’ve got six weeks during which I can reasonable hope to have better energy and I hope to get some work done.

Blessings.

Thanks.

Ciao.

Thallervale

9/15/2013 11:24 AM

Release!

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Released.

The good news from the oncologist today is that he is willing, even recommending, a hiatus with the chemo, to give my body a chance to function better for awhile.  Of course the risk is that we are giving the cancer a chance to show its true colors, maybe even parade around strutting a bit.  But Janet and I are delighted at the suggestion.

We are going to try two months san Sutent, and then do another CT scan to see what’s happened.  Just the prospect of being Sutent free until the fall makes me happy.

I had actually asked the oncologist last time if we could take a break from Sutent, but then he did not think it was a good idea.  When I reminded him today that temsirolimus almost killed me he looked surprised.  But he could tell that continuing on Sutent is a sure sentence of chronic discomfort and disability.  So we are going to take a chance and see what the cancer will do without Sutent.  We can always go back to Sutent, he says; best to keep it in the fridge.  

So that’s the good news; that’s what we think is the good news; that’s what we hope will be the good news.  

Aloha,

Thallervale

9/4/2013 7:06 PM